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Food, Singapore

Food For Thought: Asian Night Market Brings Ningxia Night Market to Sentosa This January

For the first time ever, critically acclaimed touring Taiwan food exhibition, Taiwan Food Festival (士林嘉年华), featuring Ningxia Night Market (宁夏夜市), is coming to Singapore, and will make Sentosa home from 16th January to 9th February 2020. Organised by Apollo Entertainment Media and supported by Sentosa Development Corporation and Steward’s Solution, the first edition of Asian Night Market will bring authentic, traditional and mouth-watering Taiwanese cuisine, … Continue reading Food For Thought: Asian Night Market Brings Ningxia Night Market to Sentosa This January

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London, Preview, Singapore

Television Time: BBC Shows Chinese New Year 2020

This Lunar New Year, the BBC celebrates with a specially curated range of programme marathons and stunts just for your viewing pleasure. From programs such as Donal’s Asian Baking Adventure, to a special Chinese New Year episode of Go-Jetters, there’s sure to be something onscreen for the whole family! BBC EARTH Wild China With splendour, scale and romance, Wild China lifts the veil on the … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows Chinese New Year 2020

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Television Time: BBC Shows February 2020

Next month on the BBC, get a glimpse of the efforts made by the International Animal Rescue team to save the beloved orangutans in Red Ape – Saving The Orangutan, have your tastebuds tantalised as Fred Sirieix takes you on a gastronomical journey to discover some of the best eateries in Extraordinary Places To Eat, and join Dr Nikki Alexander as she attempts to solve … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows February 2020

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview

Music Is: Martin Grubinger – The Tears of Nature by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

One of today’s top percussionists, Martin Grubinger, comes to Singapore on 29th February to perform Tan Dun’s percussion concerto, The Tears of Nature. The work, which was written for Grubinger, celebrates the human spirit in its endeavour to live, fight and dance with nature. Tan Dun, whose music is regularly performed by the SSO, said of the piece: “While composing I thought about nature and … Continue reading Music Is: Martin Grubinger – The Tears of Nature by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

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Arts, Dance with Me, Music, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Square One Collective (No Place)

In the not so distant future of 2075, the world is at its end. Three people – a political exile, a former radical and a climate refugee go in search of a virtual utopia, in the hopes that they find some form of shelter away from everything else. But what results is an absurd game, as Square One Collective’s No Place emerges as a social experiment that … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Square One Collective (No Place)

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Arts, Preview, Singapore

Review: Valhalla and the Chambers of Asgard by Andsoforth

★★★★☆ (Performance attended 28/12/19) The gods of Norse mythology come to life in Andsoforth’s fantastic new multi-room immersive dining experience.   Thanks to the film adaptations of Marvel’s Thor and Netflix’s Vikings, Norse mythology is no longer as foreign to Singaporeans as it once was, and gods from the one-eyed Odin to the trickster Loki can be recognised once introduced. But local immersive theatre company Andsoforth … Continue reading Review: Valhalla and the Chambers of Asgard by Andsoforth

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Art What!, Arts, Singapore

Museum Musings: Sailing the South Seas in National Gallery Singapore’s Roof Garden with Cao Fei’s 浮槎 Fú Chá

National Gallery Singapore presents its fourth commission in the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series, 浮槎 Fú Chá, by one of China’s foremost contemporary artists, Cao Fei. On display from 17th January to 25th October 2020, this work marks the first kinetic sculpture to be installed at the Roof Garden, comprising a spectacular five-metre tall structure of a swinging wooden ship (that spits water), accompanied … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sailing the South Seas in National Gallery Singapore’s Roof Garden with Cao Fei’s 浮槎 Fú Chá

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Reut Shemesh (ATARA – For you, who has not yet found the one)

Female, Jewish and an Israeli living in Germany, Reut Shemesh’s background is certainly one that offers up a myriad of perspectives by which to see the world. At the 2020 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, Reut will be bringing in her work ATARA – For you, who has not yet found the one, investigating femininity, religion and personhood with a mixed cast of Orthodox and secular dancers. … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Reut Shemesh (ATARA – For you, who has not yet found the one)

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Spacebar Theatre (The Utama Spaceship)

If there’s one thing Singapore theatre seems to lack, it’s more companies willing to go down the irreverent route, having fun with their craft and taking theatre to its extremes. For Spacebar Theatre, comprising Eugene Koh and Lee Shu Yu, the NUS Theatre Studies graduates are about to do just that with The Utama Spaceship, playing this January as part of the 2020 M1 Singapore Fringe … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Spacebar Theatre (The Utama Spaceship)

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Review: The Shadow Curriculum by Jelaine Ng (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)

★☆☆☆☆ (Performance attended 11/1/20, 2pm) Attempt to satirise motivational speakers unclear in its motives and falls flat.  In Singapore’s results-oriented society, success is everything. So it comes as no surprise that parents will try any ways and means necessary to give their children a leg up in the place that will most likely make or break their future: school. From countless tuition lessons to enrichment … Continue reading Review: The Shadow Curriculum by Jelaine Ng (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)

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